112 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. ne 
Wheat bran, corn meal, linseed meal, oat and pea meal, and hay. 
The experiment was a duplicate of No. 2 with the animals and 
feed. The experiment began February 17, 1894, and ended 
March 1, 1894. Feces collected for five days from February 24. 
at 2:30 P.M. to March 1 at 2:30 p.m. The experiment was ap- 
parently normal throughout with both animals except that toward 
the close the feces of sheep B became quite soft, which may 
account for the larger weight of feces in the case of D and the 
consequent lower coefficient of digestion. Tables 27 and 28, 
which follow, give the details of the experiment. 
TABEB, 27; 
Composition of Feeding Stuffs and Feces. 















Kinp oF MATERIAL. ke Water. nse Fat. oe Fiber. | Ash. Per 
Feeding Stuffs. % % % % % % % 
Imnsced mixture,” = 113990 a1 t. re) 22054 6a) Bestia gay 6.1 4.2 tsar 
Wheat bran,* 1338 Bo 7a). 16.0158 4 ae eee Oe 6.1 mesa 
Oats ane peas) TSAO 4 TIA | oe eNO Ree aia ve 3°30 Sens 
Hay,* - 2 Peace, Soh eed bel’ bro. 04 BO ngese reas 5.3 1 8602 
feces. 
Sheep B, - = Hep Stt 4.4°{ 15:2 | 4.0] 40.8" | 24057). 1 ree 
pheep.D, - - | 1312 6.5.) 1586 1.3.2 38.40 S59 oar eee 








* For analysis calculated on water-free substance, see pp. 23-25 of this Report. 
pA Bt? Sia 
Weights of Food Eaten and of Feces for Five Days, and Wee: 
and Percentages of Nutrients Digested, 



Flaten in 5 Days. 


Linseed mixture, 
Wheat bran, - 
Oats and peas, 
Hay,s-- ? 
otal: * 
Feces § Days. 
Sheep B; - 
Sheep D, - 
Amounts Digested. 
Sheep B,. - 
Sheep D, - 
Per Cent. Digested, 
Sheep B, ~ 
piécep .D,).) & 
Average, - 
Weight. Nero 
*Grams. ae 
- 567 167 
SS Oy 94 
- | 1134 252 
ee 208 252 
- | 4536} 765 
7 £L4gQ 175 
- | 1402 217 
- | 3387 590 
aL ae 548 
G 
- oy aia 
- — TPA 
=| 74.4 





Fat. 

Grams. 
31 
29 
28 
81 

169 
46 
45 
123 
124 
728 
73-4 
73.1 

Nit.- 
free Ext 

Grams. 
248 
302 
600 
889 

2039 
469 
538 
1570 
I'501 
% 
Pe 
18:3 


Fiber. 

Grams. 
631 
557 
% 
69.2 
61.1 
65,1 


Ash. 
Grams, 
24 
34 
oT 
120 


215 
127 
170 

88 
45 
% 
40.9 
20.9 
30.9 
Organic 
Matter. 

Grams. 
480 
483 
967 
1955 

3885, 
g7I 
1155 
2014 
2730 
fo 
75.0 
79.3 
72.7 

* One pound contains 454 grams. 

